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Bloomington allocates almost $800,000 in Community Development Block Grants

Bloomington allocates almost $800,000 in Community Development Block Grants

At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington's city council approved $795,743 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for 2025, allocating resources across social services, physical improvements, and administrative costs. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which calculates allocations using metrics

Bloomington Convention Center expansion moves ahead with design and bidding, bonds sold at just under 5% rate

Bloomington Convention Center expansion moves ahead with design and bidding, bonds sold at just under 5% rate

On Wednesday afternoon, the Bloomington Convention Center expansion project took another step forward. The Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) gave a green light for owner's representative JS Held to release for bidding the second of the GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) construction packages. GMP 2 covers the structural

Bloomington Transit board OKs steps towards land for new operations facility, fixed route rides continue to slip

Bloomington Transit board OKs steps towards land for new operations facility, fixed route rides continue to slip

Bloomington Transit is around six weeks away from reaching an agreement with the owner of a property where it plans to build a new operations facility, to replace the one at Grimes Lane. That's the takeaway from the regular monthly meeting of BT's five-member board of

Delayed notice for Bloomington water shutoff leaves one CBU customer dry, questioning reconnection fee

Delayed notice for Bloomington water shutoff leaves one CBU customer dry, questioning reconnection fee

If you don't pay your water bill, the City of Bloomington Utilities (CBU) will eventually disconnect your service. That was not a surprise to one B Square reader who recently had his water shut off. But he was surprised that he didn't get the kind of

Leaning century-old wall at The Mill in Bloomington's Trades District deemed unsafe, event space temporarily shut down

Leaning century-old wall at The Mill in Bloomington's Trades District deemed unsafe, event space temporarily shut down

The south wall of the former Showers Brother Furniture building that houses The Mill in Bloomington's Trades District is unstable—because it's as much as 4 inches out of plumb. That means the event space next to the wall is temporarily shut down, and no one

Hopewell East bids received from 5 firms, redevelopment group OKs due diligence on former convalescent center as police HQ

Hopewell East bids received from 5 firms, redevelopment group OKs due diligence on former convalescent center as police HQ

At Monday night's meeting of Bloomington's redevelopment commission, five bids were opened for the public offering that was made in November 2024 for land in the future Hopewell neighborhood. That's the former site of the IU Health Hospital, and the area around it. The

Ground floor office space in Bloomington public parking garages close to full occupancy

Ground floor office space in Bloomington public parking garages close to full occupancy

The ground-floor office spaces in both of the city of Bloomington's two relatively new parking garages—at 4th Street and in the Trades District at 10th Street—could soon finally be occupied. In the Trades District, Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) moved into the ground-floor space at the start